Critter News

OCTOBER 24, 2009

I came across these stories about two different medical experiments using mice. Whether intentionally or not, the title of the article catches the frivolity of the research."Don't However, it involved exposing rats to chemicals at levels that humans are usually not exposed to. One of the conclusions?

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Critter News

MARCH 21, 2012

It's a horrible topic and I post news articles about the abuses from time to time. Apparently, there is a lot of argument out there than animal experimentation is even good for humans. A drug may work on an animal, but fail miserably on a human. Drugs are not always predictable from human to human even.

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4 The Love Of Animals

AUGUST 9, 2009

Responding to an anonymous tip about a neglected cat, the Humane Law Enforcement agents arrived at Stewart’s residence to find a seven-week-old, one-pound orange tabby with his whiskers cut off and a serious injury to his right front paw. “The It was determined that Stewart had failed to get medical attention for her cat.

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4 The Love Of Animals

DECEMBER 6, 2011

It might surprise you to learn that according to the American Holistic Veterinary Medical Association approximately 10% to %15 of dogs are prone to developing food allergies or food intolerance before they reach the age of 4. Food allergies and food intolerances affect our pets much the same way they strike humans.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 19, 2013

Then he gave a couple of alternative solutions to the feral cat problem: There are two effective, humane alternatives to the cat hell of TNR. One is Tylenol (the human pain medication) — a completely selective feral-cat poison. He also quoted a biologist pointing out how extreme the TNR people are and gave a few examples.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 3, 2012

What I didn’t know was how this relationship actually works: the mechanics of Red Knot migration, the reduced digestive systems necessary for their long flighta, the need to fatten up quickly so they can fly to the Arctic and breed, how they compete with other shorebirds and gulls and, it turns out, humans, for horseshoe crab eggs.

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Animal Ethics

JULY 25, 2007

To the Editor: “ For ‘Animal Precinct,’ Reality Subject to Dispute ” (news article, July 23) missed the entire point of comprehensive animal welfare: that effective animal welfare requires both response and prevention.

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Animal Ethics

MAY 23, 2007

To the Editor: Nina Planck’s article touches on a particularly important topic. The medical journal Lancet recently published findings showing that children who are not adequately nourished in the first five years of life sometimes never catch up to their peers. Feed your children properly now; they will thank you later.

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Animal Ethics

JULY 5, 2007

Miller’s Op-Ed article provides a welcome breath of fresh air. Europe and Canada outlawed using hormones on dairy cows because of such human and animal health concerns. Miller’s article about the benefits of rBST is correct and thoughtful. There’s good reason for cynicism. George Entenman Chapel Hill, N.C., Kershen Norman, Okla.,

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 24, 2012

It seems that my article last week on the dangers posed by birds struck a chord with the readers, many of whom posted their own stories of terror at the hand of this avian menace. A young bird contemplates a future of attacking humans in a funny field.

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Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 29, 2006

That animal product is human breast milk. Human breast milk is a near perfect food for human newborns and infants. 105-6) Dr. Spock is not alone in his endorsement of breast-feeding human infants. There simply is no dispute in the medical community that human breast milk is the best food a human infant can be fed.

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